USPTO Patents Application 09905423

Application No. 09/905,423 t

AMENDMENT TO THE CLAIMS
This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of claims in the
application:
Listing of claims :
1-6. (Canceled)

7. (Currently Amended) A method of displaying information to a consumer relevant to the
operation of a consumer appliance, comprising:

entering into a hand-held device data that functions to identify the consumer appliance;

uploading the data that functions to identify the consumer appliance from the hand-held
device via a wide area network to a Web server located remotely from the consumer appliance ;

using the data that functions to identify the consumer appliance at the Web server to
retrieve an electronic document comprising human-readable information in a form for instructing
a consumer how to interact with one or more controls of the consumer appliance for the purpose
of operating the consumer appliance; and

transmitting the electronic document from the Web server via the wide area network to
the hand-held device whereby a representation of the electronic document is displayable on the
hand-held device.

8. (Previously Presented) The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the hand-held device
comprises a browser application for retrieving and displaying the representation of the electronic
document.

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9. (Previously Presented) The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the hand-held device
comprises a bar code reader for use in entering the data that functions to identify the consumer
appliance.

10. ((Previously Presented) The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the hand-held device
comprises a remote control having a memory in which are stored a library of command codes for
commanding the operation of a plurality of different consumer appliances and a set-up program
by which the data that functions to identify the consumer appliance is also used to select
command codes from the library of command codes that are appropriate to command the
operation of the consumer appliance.

11-12. (Canceled)

13. (Currently Amended) In a hand-held device having a display, a readable media having
instructions for displaying information relevant to the operation of a consumer appliance, the
instructions performing steps comprising:

storing data that functions to identify the consumer appliance;

causing the data that functions to identify the consumer appliance to be uploaded via a
wide area network to a Web server located remotely from the consumer appliance which uses the
data that functions to identify the consumer appliance to retrieve an electronic document
comprising human-readable information in a form for instructing a consumer how to interact
with one or more controls of the consumer appliance for the purpose of operating the consumer
appliance;

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receiving the electronic document from the Web server via the wide area network ; and
displaying a representation of the electronic document in the display.

14. (Previously Presented) The readable media as recited in claim 13, wherein the hand-held
device comprises a browser application for retrieving and displaying the representation of the
electronic document.

15. (Previously Presented) The readable media as recited in claim 13, wherein the hand-held
device comprises a bar code reader for use in entering the data that functions to identify the
consumer appliance.

16. (Previously Presented) The readable media as recited in claim 13, wherein the hand-held
device comprises a remote control having a memory in which are stored a library of command
codes for commanding the operation of a plurality of different consumer appliances and a set-up
program by which the data that functions to identify the consumer appliance is also used to select
command codes from the library of command codes that are appropriate to command the
operation of the consumer appliance.

17. (Currently Amended) A system, comprising:

a hand-held device having a display and a memory in which is stored data that functions
identify a make of a consumer appliance; and

a Web site located remotely from the consumer appliance on which is an electronic
document comprising human-readable information in a form for instructing a consumer how

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interact with one or more controls of the consumer appliance for the purpose of operating the
make of the consumer appliance; and

wherein the hand-held device is adapted to cause the data that functions to identify the
consumer appliance to be uploaded via a wide area network to the Web site which uses the data
that functions to identify the consumer appliance to retrieve the electronic document and
download the electronic document via the wide area network to the hand-held device whereby a
representation of the electronic document may be displayed in the display.

18. (Previously Presented) The system as recited in claim 17, wherein the consumer appliance
is a kitchen appliance and wherein the human-readable information comprises a recipe.

19. (Previously Presented) The system as recited in claim 17, wherein the human-readable
information comprises a user manual.

20. (Previously Presented) The system as recited in claim 17, wherein the human-readable
information comprises multiple pages.

21 . (Previously Presented) The system as recited in claim 20, wherein the hand-held device
comprises a browser application adapted to display a representation of each of the multiple
pages.

22. (Previously Presented) The system as recited in claim 20, wherein the multiple pages are
linked.

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23. (Currently Amended) A hand-held device, comprising:

a display;

a memory in which is stored data that functions to identify a make of a consumer
appliance; and

a browser application comprising instructions for reading from memory the data that
functions to identify the make of the consumer appliance, for retrieving uploading th e data that
functions to id e ntify the mak e of th e consumer appliance to a n e twork e d d e vic e via a wide area
network connection to thereby retri e v e an electronic document comprising human-readable
information in a form for instructing a consumer how to interact with one or more controls of the
consumer appliance for the purpose of operating the consumer appliance located at a Web server
accessed using a wide area network address which is mapped within the hand-held device to the
data that functions to identify the make of the consumer appliance, and for displaying a
representation of the retrieved electronic document in the display.

24. (Previously Presented) The hand-held device as recited in claim 23, wherein the human-
readable information comprises a user manual.

25. (Currently Amended) The hand-held device as recited in claim 23, wherein the wide area
network comprises the Internet.

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26. (Previously Presented) The hand-held device as recited in claim 23, further comprising a
bar-code reader for entering into memory the data that functions to identify the make of the
consumer appliance.

27. (Previously Presented) The hand-held device as recited in claim 23 , wherein the memory
comprises a library of command codes for commanding the operation of a plurality of different
consumer appliances and the hand-held device comprises a set-up program by which the data is
also used to select command codes from the library of command codes that are appropriate to
command the operation of the consumer appliance.

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